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Epilepsy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy).,Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 4350 Collections and/or Records:

PR4.1106, 1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1106
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and reports relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 45 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; dizziness; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.1108, 1937-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1108
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; slurred speech; and suicidal ideas. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1954

PR4.1109, 1937-1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1109
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 38 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: facial tic; aphasia; nausea; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1951

PR4.1110, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1110
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 21 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: ?disseminated sclerosis; ?pontine tumour; epilepsy; and hemiplegia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.1112, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1112
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; incontinence of urine; and petit mal attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.1113, 1937-1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1113
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1938

PR4.1126, 1937-1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1126
Scope and Contents

Notes, typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: ?spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage; aphasia; headache; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1951

PR4.1128, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1128
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial haemorrhage; birth trauma; epilepsy; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.1129, 1937-1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1129
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1938

PR4.1130, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1130
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; epilepsy; headache; and spastic hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937